BASICITY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BASICITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BASICITY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BASICITY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASICITY
No single letter turns BASICITY into another word.
How BASICITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BASICITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BASICITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BASICITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
The quality of being a base, or the number of hydrogen atoms in an acid that a base can replace.
In chemistry, basicity can describe how strongly a substance acts as a base. In older usage it also counts the replaceable hydrogen atoms in an acid, so phosphoric acid has a basicity of three.
How BASICITY is used
Used in chemistry textbooks and laboratory writing.
- The basicity of the solution was tested with an indicator.
- Higher basicity means a stronger tendency to accept protons.
- Sulfuric acid has a basicity of two.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASICITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BASICITY
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Common questions about BASICITY
- Is BASICITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASICITY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASICITY worth?
- BASICITY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASICITY mean?
- The quality of being a base, or the number of hydrogen atoms in an acid that a base can replace.
- What letters can be added to BASICITY?
- No single letter can be added to BASICITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BASICITY:
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